Thomas crawled through the vent as fast as he possibly could to get back to the others before Janson got to them. He kicked the vent open once he got there, quickly crawling out.
"Thomas." Minho said loudly as they all watched him get up and frantically run to the door.
"We gotta go. We gotta go right now." Thomas insisted.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Minho asked as they followed him over to the door.
"What do you mean, 'we gotta go'?" Newt questioned, pulling up the sleeve to his shirt.
"They're coming. Come on, we gotta go. They're coming for us." He let out swiftly as he ripped the sheets off of one of the beds before running back to the door and tying struggling to tie it around the handle.
"What happened in there?"
"Aris, what happened?" Frypan asked looking to the younger boy who's face held nothing but pure shock.
"Thomas can you just calm down and talk to us." Newt asked nearing the boy who was still having a hard time tying the sheet.
"She's still alive." Thomas muttered.
"Who's she? Evelyn?" Newt asked searching his face with his eyes.
"Ava, it's Ava."
"Ava?" Newt inquired but Thomas wouldn't answer as he was panicking. "Will you just turn around and talk to us?"
"It's WICKED! It's still WICKED. It's always been WICKED." Thomas then grabbed the same mattress he stripped the sheets from and placed it against the door firmly.
"Thomas. What did you see?"
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"Come on, come on, come on." Thomas said after crawling out of the vent and checking his surroundings. "Let's go."
"You guys go ahead. There's something I gotta do." Aris stated stepping back into the vent but Thomas's brows knitted together and stopped him.
"What are you talking about?"
"Trust me, it's important. You guys wanna get out of here right? Just go." He said, the boys sharing a look.
"I'll go with him." Winston said raising his hand as Aris already went inside.
"Okay Winston, go! Go come on!"
"You sure we can trust this kid?" Minho asked as they started back down the hallway.
"You don't wanna know where we'd be without him." Thomas stated rounding a corner than everyone jumping back as a lady was right there.
"What are you kids doing out?" At that the sirens sounded above them as they looked around the room with the lady squinting her eyes at them.
Before she could make a move, Thomas and Newt grabbed both her arms and forced her to walk with them and take them to Evelyn.
They hurried down the hallway with the doctor, turning left only to be met with a guard.
"Freeze!" The guy said as he started shooting at them.
They sprinted back covering there heads as Frypan spoke out. "Why are they shooting at us?"
Minho made it halfway down the hall before turning back around and gritting his teeth.
"Minho, what the hell are you doing?" Thomas asked but Minho ignored him and let out a yell as he ran toward the wall. "Minho!"
The guard had just made it to them but couldn't do anything now as Minho kneed him in the chest with lots of force from the speed he had gained from running.
The rest of the group ran over and looked between the guard and Minho in awe. "Shit Minho." Newt muttered as he gave his friend a small grin.
Thomas leant down and grabbed the larger gun that the man had around his back before standing back up and pointing it to Dr. Crawfords back. "Okay. Let's go, come on."
Thomas was getting anxious as they neared the room the doctor had said Evelyn was in, scared to see what state she could be in and if she was in the same situation as the kids he saw earlier.
Dr. Crawford opened the door with her card and peeked her head in causing a man to look at her puzzled. "Dr. Crawford, are you here to-" He couldn't get the rest out as the group barged through the door, Thomas pointed the gun at each of them.
"Where is she?" He asked looking between the two doctors who were in the room before with little to no patience as they didn't answer. "Where is she?!"
The male doctor pointed to his left cautiously hoping the kid wouldn't kill him.
Thomas passed the gun to Minho who took his spot pointing the gun at them. He ripped the curtain open and his expression softened at the sight of the girl laying curled up the best she could in the hospital bed with a tube in her nose and ropes around her wrists.
"Evelyn." He muttered as he pushed the stray hair from her eyes and caressed her cheek. "Evelyn, hey. Wake up."
She opened her eyes slowly, surprised at the sight she woke up to. Her brows furrowed thinking that before she might not wake up again and didn't know if it was real or if maybe it was one of the odd visions she'd been seeing.
"Thomas?" Her voice was hoarse from the screams she let out over the past day, head again spinning, the boy speeding to remove the ties around her hands.
"What'd they do to you?" He asked more to himself as he held her head gently in his hands. Her eyes scanned his face as she reached up to touch him, just to make sure he was real.
She heard Newt yelling from a few feet away, as she slowly sat up a little. "What's going on?"
"Come on, we have to go." He said gesturing for her to get up. She nodded taking the tube from her nose, as she sat up dizziness took over.
He laid a very quick kiss to her cheek as she stood up the boy unable to help himself, his arm was around her waist as her right arm wrapped around his shoulder.
"Okay, we gotta get out of here!" Minho yelled as Evelyn glanced around the room to find three doctors on the ground with their hands tied and a table on the floor stopping the guards that were banging against it from getting in.
Teresa was stood beside Thomas and Evelyn so he had her hold up the girl as he walked to the window and grabbed a chair. "Everybody stand back!"
He hit it once but it didn't break. "Newt! Help, help!"
Newt swiftly grabbed another chair and in unison they hit the chairs against the window causing it to shatter. "All right, come on! Watch your feet."
Teresa grabbed the blanket from the bed, Evelyn still at her side as she spread it across the hole in the wall that was covered in broken glass.
"Come on, hurry." Thomas said as he and Teresa helped Evelyn up and Thomas lifting her over all the way before Newt took her and helped her stand, her head feeling as though it might explode. Thomas then helped Teresa over leaving just Minho on the other side.
"Thomas!" Minho yelled at the boy before throwing the gun at him which he caught with ease and continued toward the door.
"Stay behind me." He said as he opens the door, a man waiting on the other side both looking equally stunned. He lifted the gun and shot out a bolt of electricity into the man's chest causing him to fall to the ground shaking from the vibrations.
Thomas glanced down to his hands wide eyed at the amount of power the weapon had. He waved his hand for everyone to follow him and they started sprinting down the hall again, Evelyn gaining a little more feeling in her legs though they were still sore, she didn't want to make Newt basically carry her the rest of the way.
"There it is, there it is!" Thomas shouted as they saw the door in sight.
Evelyn stepped away from Newt slightly as they kept running, still keeping her hand on his shoulder but was able to run better now. He made sure to stay close in case she still needed him though.
They made it to the end, all of them letting out a sigh or a pant as Thomas whipped out the key card and swiped. But it didn't work.
"Shit. Come on! No, no, no, no!" He continued to swipe it but he only got a red flash of light back.
"Thomas!" The boy turned his head as he heard his name, the man at the end of the hall slowly walking up to them with four guards behind him, guns raised.
Thomas dropped the card and lifted the gun up pointing it at them causing Janson to raise his arms as he slowly walked towards them. "Open this door Janson!"
"You really don't want me to."
"Open the damn door!"
"Listen to me! I'm trying to save your life. The maze is one thing but you kids wouldn't last one day out in the Scorch. If the elements don't kill you, the cranks will." The two both stopped walking as he continued on. "Thomas, you have to believe me, I only want what's best for you."
Thomas stared daggers at the man keeping his gun pointed directly at him as his jaw clenched. "Yeah let me guess...WICKED is good?"
Janson shook his head and lowered his arms. "You're not getting through that door Thomas."
Just a moment later, Thomas turned back to see the door was in fact opening to reveal Aris and Winston. "Hey guys."
Everyone moved to the other side before looking back down the hall at Thomas.
"Thomas, come on let's go!" Newt yelled to him.
Thomas starting shooting at them as he backed away, quickly running out of ammo so he threw the gun at them before sprinting to the door.
"Shut the main vault door! Shut the main vault door!" Janson yelled into a form of communication device on his wrist.
"Go, Thomas! Hurry!" Evelyn shouted at him as the door lowered, her heart beat picking up as it was coming close.
"Come on Tommy!"
"Let's go!"
"Hurry up! Come on, come on!"
As it was a couple feet from closing, Thomas slid across the ground and was able to get through to the other side where Minho and Newt grabbed him and made sure he was steady on the ground before letting go.
Aris ran forward with a metal rod in hand as he slammed it against the key pad on the wall, the thing sparking and smoking at the impact.
They backed up slowly as Janson was on the other side of the door trying to get it open. After failing he lifted his head and looked between Evelyn and Thomas who were stood beside each other glaring at him.
They both seemed to have the same idea as they raised their middle fingers simultaneously at the man, both having an overly large amount of anger towards him.
"You little shits." Janson seethed looking through the glass as they began running away.
They ran the rest of the way through the hall then through the same garage-like building they did when they arrived here. "Keep going!"
The group reached the large doors where Thomas pulled the lever that opened them. Once they opened all the way, a large gust of wind hit their faces causing the people in front to cover their eyes. "Come on!"
They ran out into the sand keeping their eyes covered as much as they could as they ran away from the confinement of the WCKD compound.
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Hey y'all!
Yay, we have Evelyn back!
Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed!
I could not pick just one so...let me bless your eyes!